#4B1479#4B1479

#4B1479 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.157 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1479
RGB	rgb(75, 20, 121)
HSL	hsl(273, 72%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 83%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 83.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.49, 43.93, -45.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.49, 63.54, 313.74°)
OKLab	oklab(34.33% 0.0862 -0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(34.33% 0.157 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.6022, 3.3766, 18.3894)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.70

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1479 #427914

analogous

#181479 #4B1479 #791475

triadic

#4B1479 #794B14 #14794B

tetradic

#4B1479 #791814 #427914 #147579

square

#4B1479 #791814 #427914 #147579

split-complementary

#4B1479 #757914 #147918

monochromatic

#10041A #2A0B44 #4B1479 #6C1DAE #8C2BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.53

#4B1479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4B1479 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1479

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1479	1.00	12.53	1.68	12.53
#FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003377

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413047

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 20, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.157 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8359a1',
    500: '#4b1479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1479;
$custom-light: #8359a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.673,
    "s": 71.631,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34332,
    "c": 0.15685,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1479

secondary

#6FAF3A

accent

#EE398C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1479

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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